Poets and Writers

JoEllen Kwiatek has published dozens of poems in magazines such as The Antioch Review, The Indiana Review, and was featured poet on the cover of The American Poetry Review.

Noted environmental leader and poet, he is a founder of the Coalition for Hemlock and Canadice Lakes and the Canandaigua Lake Watershed Task Force, and worked on the development of watershed management plans.

Lori Lubeski is currently working at Curry College as a Learning Disabilities Specialist. Her collections include Dissuasion Crowds the Slow Worker (1988) and pilgrimage foliage (2017).

Paul Maliszewski, two-time winner of the prestigious Pushcart Prize, is an experienced writing teacher with extensive publications in fiction and nonfiction.

Diana Kwiatkowski was born on December 30, 1958 in New York City. She is an American poet. Recipient of the President's award for literature excellence at Iliad Press and National Authors Registry, 1993.

Joseph Lisowki has published books such as The Brushwood Gate, Spring Street Blues, and Near the Narcotic Sea. He lives in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, where he retired from teaching.

Gail Lukasik is the author of many novels and is an active member in the Chicago area arts community. Her most famous novels include: Homeless in My Own Words (2012) and White Like Her (2017).

Edward Mayes (formerly known as Edward Kleinschmidt) is the author of five books of poetry. His latest collection is Works and Days (1999). He currently lives in Italy with his wife Frances Mayes.

Poet and writer of books such as Throwing Spitballs at Nuns (Toothpaste Press, 1982), Young Anger (Toothpaste Press, 1979) and more.

Adam Lizakowski is a Polish poet, novelist and essayist who lived in Chicago. His work has been published in over one hundred literary magazines in Poland and the United States. He is an author of more than a dozen books of poetry.

Joanie Mackowski is the author of multiple poem collections and a PhD graduate from University of Missouri. Currently teaching as a professor of the arts at Cornell University.

Sharon Mesmer (born in Chicago, Illinois) is a Polish-American poet, fiction writer, essayist and professor of creative writing. She is the author of The Empty Quarter (2000) and The Virgin Formica (2008).